'Only Time Will Tell' on Improving US-China Trade

President Xi arrived at Trump's Mar-a-Lago Florida resort on Thursday.

"If they manage to strike up a good personal relationship, it will be the first step to good US-China relations under the Trump administration", he added.

China is making all-out efforts in fighting corruption, said Xi, who urged the USA side to coordinate more closely with China in hunting for fugitives who have fled overseas and recovering illicit money. Rising protection could also pose significant risks to the global supply chain of USA companies, in which China plays a key role.

Sources briefed on Xi's plans promised a package of Chinese investments aimed at creating more than 700,000 American jobs - the same number China's regional rival Japan pledged to Trump during Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's Mar-a-Lago visit in February.

When Trump informed Xi of the strike later in the evening, the subtext was likely laid on so thick that Xi could have cut it with his steak knife: the United States remains a superpower and the only country both capable and willing of this sort of unilateral action.

Reducing the USA trade deficit with China is at the top of Trump's agenda, and China now acknowledges the need for a "more balanced trade environment", according to Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin.

China and the U.S. agreed that Pyongyang's programmes are a serious problem, but have not seen eye-to-eye on how to respond.

The move of the Vinson strike group is in response to recent North Korean provocations, the official said. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, whose close ties to Russian Federation raised questions during his confirmation hearings, slammed Moscow for either being "complicit" in the chemical weapons attack or "incompetent".

The National Security Council has reportedly presented US Donald Trump with the option of placing nuclear weapons in South Korea in response to North Korea's nuclear and ballistic missile programs.

The US President, with a typical display of informal bonhomie, was instead happy to declare an "outstanding" relationship had already developed with great progress made. The New York Magazine report noted that Trump going against Bannon's opinion seems to suggest his waning influence in the White House. US Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin refused to categorically rule out that the United States would move to designate China a currency manipulator, for example.

Chinese President Xi Jinping's two-day summit in the US has come to a close.

"Each side also brought a senior delegation that was also able to build relationships for the work ahead".

We "arrived at many common understandings", Xi added, "the most important being deepening our friendship and building a kind of trust".

Over the last few months, one of the most striking Trump storylines has been the emergence of Trump's son-in-law, Jared Kushner, as a key player in China policy, with Kushner's wife Ivanka Trump also playing a role.

China's state-run media agency blasted President Trump over his decision to bomb Syria, despite mutual praised offered both by President Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping following their weekend summit in Florida. "They agreed to work together in the interim to ensure a successful and results-focused visit", Spicer said. "That's the first time I've heard them say that in a bilateral context", he said.

The top official said the United States weapons would be moved to the country as a warning to Pyongyang, following increase saber-rattling within Pyongyang since Donald Trump was elected.

During the summit, Trump appeared to have toned down his anti-China rhetoric.

Much of the worldwide community rallied behind Trump's decision to fire the cruise missiles in reaction to this week's chemical weapons attack that killed dozens of men, women and children in Syria.

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